##### 24.4.3.6 Providing aliases for paragraph formats

To specify an alternate name, or alias, for a paragraph format:

    [DITAAliases]
    ; paragraph format = format name to use in place of that
    ;  paragraph format for DITA purposes, or DITA2Go selection macro.
    ParaFmtName = AlternateName

An alias works in any [DITA*] configuration section that uses format names. The alias can be the name of another paragraph format, provided the two formats map to exactly the same element with all the same DITA settings; or, the alias can be a name you invent.

For additional aliases for the same format, insert a DITAAlias marker in each instance of the format that requires a different alias, with content the name of another alias. You can also use a DITAAlias marker to override an alias assigned in section [DITAAliases].

You can use as many different aliases for the same paragraph format as your document requires.

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Parent Topic: 24.4.3 Mapping paragraph formats to DITA block elements

Sibling Topics:

24.4.3.1 Assigning DITA elements to paragraph formats

24.4.3.2 Omitting element tags for selected paragraph formats

24.4.3.3 Specifying a default element for unmapped paragraph formats

24.4.3.4 Omitting invalid tags for default DITA block elements

24.4.3.5 Overriding element mapping for paragraph formats

24.4.3.7 Mapping paragraph format aliases to different elements

24.4.3.8 Mapping paragraph format aliases algorithmically

24.4.3.9 Mapping several paragraphs formats to the same element